Such Sweet Sorrow (Entangled Teen)

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Who would have thought that merging two of Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, with mythology would make such an enticing read? Author Jenny Trout does a flawless job creating characters with so much personality, you feel as if you know them, as well as a world that wraps around you and sucks you in. I couldn’t put it down once I had picked it up.

With Romeo surviving his attempted suicide, his heart aches madly to have his Juliet back. Desperate, he seeks out a witch, who leads him to none other than Hamlet, the keeper of the corpseway, a portal between the living and dead. Together, they search the various Underworlds in search of Juliet, but one question looms in Romeo’s mind: how will he bring Juliet back to life when he finds her?

If you are looking for a romance, you won’t find it here. Instead, you will find dark humor, a bonding of friendship, epic adventures, and the start to what I hope will be a long-standing series. I highly recommend picking this book up!

Department Nineteen is in shambles after it was attacked by a horde of super-powered vampires. Protagonist Jamie is assigned to a new squad, where he is forced to train a handful of raw recruits. The director of Blacklight is missing, the newly-formed intelligence division is under attack from the inside, and Jamie’s girlfriend has been reassigned to Arizona. Jamie is now in charge of hunting out and destroying a new horde of vampires and preventing the secret of Blacklight from leaking out, before Dracula rises again.

This book was fine, although the characters seem somewhat bland, as there was not much time to develop them. They also seemed a little foolish: why use your automated stake thrower, when everyone has a standard-issue super-powered laser cannon that can destroy a vampire in a single shot? However, the plot moves swiftly and the action was intense and gripping. I liked this Albert Harker; he was a realistic antagonist and I felt the author portrayed him well. I do not feel it was quite as well-written as the second book, but it was still an entertaining addition to the series.

Faye, Noah, Wallace, and siblings Jasper and Lucy are the only members of The Young Inventors Guild. They are on a train with their parents and their nanny, Miss Brett. They are all being taken care of by the mysterious Men in Black, whose communications are lacking communication. They are fleeing Komar Romak, who wants their inventions, but when they are separated from their parents, the children, and Miss Brett, are brought to the Men in Black’s hometown to hide. But not everything in this town is how it seems; there are poisonous cakes, murderous shepherds, and ancient mysteries that the children must unravel before it’s too late.

There is good characters development and realistic characters, who are creative, interesting, and (mostly) likeable. The perspective switched from character to character, which was fun and interesting and kept me engaged. I loved the setting in early twentieth-century Italy. The Men in Black were a welcome comic relief – they are so serious but so funny to read about. Together with exciting plot twists, fascinating characters, and fast-paced action, this is a book to remember.

Ever since Vero was a child he has always wanted to fly; he has always loved the feeling of the air in his face. One day, riding on the bus, Vero sees a car swerve into his lane driven by a man with fiery red eyes. No one else could see the man, so Vero is taken to a psychiatrist to examine his sanity. There Vero is chased by demonic creatures onto the roof, and falls nine stories to his death. He is greeted by the angel Uriel, who tells him that Vero is a guardian angel, and as such he will have to go to Guardian Angel School, where he will learn to fly. As he and his fellow classmates go on different assignments as part of their training, they grow closer as a team. Vero returns to Earth and it is as if the demons had never happened. Vero tries to master guardian angel duties; however, as Vero is sent on increasingly difficult missions, he struggles to keep them secret from his family.

I liked this book. I liked that Vero and other characters were three-dimensional and had cares and feelings and realistic motivations. It was really easy to see Vero’s character development, and he improved a lot from the beginning to the end of the book, which was really good.

This is a true story about a group of people who captured Adolf Eichmann, the person who ordered the death of six million Jews during WWII. The book starts with the story of a Jew whose family was killed by Eichmann’s men. It continues by explaining what happened to Eichmann after the war. He fled to Argentina and lived under an assumed name with his family. The book covers a fifteen-year period, and jumps around a lot; it tells about several people who were essential to his capture. One man’s teenage daughter dated one of Eichmann’s sons for a while, but when they realized it was Adolf Eichmann, they contacted the Israeli police, because they realized the Argentine government was sympathetic to Nazis. After the agent they contacted disregarded their story, another man picked up the trail and asked the MOSSAD (the Israeli secret police) to help track him down. Eichmann was eventually apprehended, and executed in 1962.

It was interesting to read about the components that went into capturing him, like the struggles that the countries were going through (Argentina, Germany, Israel). The book was written in a gripping, fascinating way, with great dramatic tension.

Sasha, a teenage human lie-detector, works for the FBI with her handler and guardian Chelsea. For five seconds after she speaks, people “Goose,” saying whatever is on their mind, but only if they choose to speak. When it seems like Chelsea has betrayed her (like all the others), Sasha takes an assignment in Brussels, Belgium to work with Porter Jenning, CIA, on a graffiti artist case. Her job is to befriend local graffiti artists and get them to work on the CIA’s targets. Little does Porter know that his angry, vegan daughter, Viviane, is already involved with a group of graffiti artists. Pretty soon Sasha’s helping Vivi, Sebastien, and Smasher cover Brussels in pigs.

I liked the combination of the graphics and words telling the story: seeing Sasha’s past in comic strips and the words telling the present. I think that the most interesting thing was the changes in relationships Sasha had with people. Because of her talent of being a human lie-detector, people had always avoided her. Now she has to decide what is most important: the next case, or friendship and loyalty?